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Symbols Meaning

Meaning of AME Symbols

The Cross & The Anvil

The
meaning of the Cross is obvious to anyone with faith in God and a
knowledge of the Holy Bible and the Christian Church: the resurrection
of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ, the power of Salvation through
Him, and the immeasurable grace of God that covers the sins of the
world and empowers His people to be more than conquerors through Jesus
Christ who strengthens us.

The Anvil, on the other
hand, has a symbolic and a historical meaning which must be noted by
all who call themselves African Methodist. OUR beginnings emerged from
the depths of racism and bigotry and when our founding fathers chose to
stay with Methodism they purchased a blacksmith's shop and converted it
into their house of worship; they called it BETHEL, meaning "House of
God." In the blacksmith's shop was an anvil used to pound and shape
metal ores into a usable and functioning object. And, as any blacksmith
will tell you, hammers may wear down, and many a man may loose his life
to the exhaustion from the hard work of being a blacksmith, but the
Anvil never fails. A man only need to purchase one in his or her entire
lifetime, and it continues to last through MANY lifetimes. So it is
with God; He cannot be beaten down and He is Eternal. The Anvil
represents our beginning and the lasting Strength of our Lord and
Savior that never ceases.

The Cross and the Anvil:
Our Salvation and our Strength. Our beginnings in a blacksmith shop and
our eternal ending in God's heavenly realm.

New Emblem

The new emblem displays
characteristics which can be equated to a significant aspect of the
African Methodist Episcopal doctrine and belief.

The shape of
the emblem is in the form of a three pointed shield; the three points
being symbolic of the official motto of the A.M.E. Church. "God our
Father, Christ our Redeemer, Man our Brother."

Official Colors

The Basic Colors are White and Purple

White represents Purity; that state which all True Christians constantly strive to achieve.